09 January 2026 [Mayapur, West Bengal, India Time]
Disappearance Day of Śrī Jayadeva Gosvāmī
“The Lord especially liked to hear Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa–karṇāmṛta, the poetry of Vidyāpati and Śrī Gīta–govinda by Jayadeva Gosvāmī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt great pleasure in His heart when His associates chanted verses from these books.”
(Sri Caitanya-caritamrta – 1975 Edition, Cc. Antya-lila, Antya 15.27)
“Jayadeva Gosvāmī, a Vaiṣṇava poet who appeared about seven hundred years before Lord Caitanya. Jayadeva was a great devotee, and he wrote a very famous song about the Lord called Gīta–govinda.”
(Back to Godhead Magazine #53, 1973 – Knowing and Serving the Original Person)
“Jayadeva Gosvāmī, in his Gīta–govinda, has sung as follows:
The Lord has saved the Vedas in His form as a fish, and He has borne the whole universe on His back in the form of a tortoise. He has picked up this earthly planet from the water in the form of a boar. He has killed Hiraṇyakaśipu in the form of Nṛsiṁha. He has cheated Mahārāja Bali in the form of Vāmana. He has annihilated all the dynasties of the kṣatriyas in the form of Paraśurāma. He has killed all the demons in the form of Lord Rāma. He has accepted the great plow in the form of Balarāma. He has annihilated all the atheistic persons in the form of Kalki. And He has saved all the poor animals in the form of Lord Buddha.”
These are some of the descriptions of the incarnations emanating from Kṛṣṇa, and from the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is understood that innumerable incarnations are always coming out from the body of Kṛṣṇa, just like waves in the ocean. No one can even count how many waves there are, and similarly no one can count how many incarnations are coming from the Lord’s body.
(The Nectar of Devotion – 1970 Edition, Chapter 22)
Read More:
Srila Prabhupada explains the glories of Sri Jayadeva Goswami:
https://harekrishnasociety.org/?p=31339
Śrī Daśāvatāra-stotra (from Gita-govinda) by Srila Prabhupada (video):
https://youtu.be/HsS_83me4OE?si=KvOZLMbpRccwx0Mk
Lord Varāha’s Appearance Day Lecture, Daśāvatāra-stotra Purport:
https://prabhupada.io/spoken/700218va.la
Śrī Daśāvatāra-stotra (from Gita-govinda) by Jayadeva Gosvāmī:
https://kksongs.org/songs/p/pralayapayodhijale.html
